Thanks, Delia, for somehow understanding what I meant despite the spate of autocorrects and typos.
It is pronounced with a hard "g" as in gill, just to be clear. Andrea Sent from my iOnlypretendtomultitask > On Jan 27, 2016, at 3:10 PM, Delia Clark <deliacla...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I agree that a playful name would be a wonderful way to go for this very > playful move. I like Gimbal for that reason. Just checking, it’s pronounced > “gym-bal” right? > > There was one other playful suggestion sometime in the past couple of weeks, > in addition to gyre, but try as I might, I just can’t find it in the rich > flow of email on this topic, so if someone wants to re-nominate it, with the > goal of a rememberable and playful name in mind, please do. I know that > indicates it’s not passing the rememberability test for me at the moment but, > to be fair, I was just skimming on a work night when it flew by. > > >> On Jan 27, 2016, at 5:57 PM, Andrea Nettleton via Callers >> <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: >> >> What I feel >> Is missing from these expressions is twofold. One is memorability. We >> remember things better to which we attach emotions of some kind. A name >> people giggle or oo ah about is going to stick and be pleasurable each time >> they hear it. I love the name Mad Robin, as an example of a distinctive and >> whimsical name for a dance move, which could as easily be called a sideways >> do si do. The second is the sense of playful interaction that gypsy has >> always engendered. I don't want to restart the discussion of why that is, >> but I do want to keep that in the move, along with eye contact, rather than >> go to a dry workmanlike term. So nice of to have to invite play, but >> perhaps only need to mention that you look at your P, N, Sh, as you (new >> name) around them by the (R/L Sh). I think that was the appeal to me of the >> word Gimbal, which somehow revoked both rotation and play all in one. I hope >> I'm not alone in this desire, though I know we are often of very diverse >> opinions as a group. >> Cheers, >> Andrea >> >> Sent from my iOnlypretendtomultitask >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> Callers@lists.sharedweight.net >> http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > > > <>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<> > > Delia Clark > PO Box 45 > Taftsville, VT 05073 > Office/mobile: 802-457-2075 > deliacla...@gmail.com > > > > >
